Automobile body



Dec. 21,1926. '1 ,61'1,24s1

, r A. P. SMITH ETAL AUTOMOBILE BODY Filed April 12, 1926 ATTORNEY posite the drivers seat.

Patented Dec. 21, 1926. j

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' vARD nu'ro BQDY COMPANY, jA conronnrron or NEVI YORK.

AUTOMOBILE BODY.

Application filed April 12, 1926. SerialNo. 101,282

The object of this invention is to provide a taxicab body which will have all ofthe advantages of the usual structures of that class, but. Which'shall have the exterior appearance of aprivate car, the construction The invention willbe understood byi refs er-ence to the accompanying drawing in which I ZFigure 11s a plan view ofanembodiment of the invention, the body having-been out away on the line 11, Figure 2, and

. seat- 2 facing rearwardly, and a second auxstructed in accordance with the invention, the entrancedoor being open.

The body A may be mounted upon any suitable'chassis. The main compartment B 'is provided with a rear seat 1,-an auxiliary iliary seat 3- which is preferably hingedso I i that it may move upwardly and out of the -back of the'driv'ers. seatis provided-width .a window 9 which maybearranged for open-- ing andclo'sing so that the driver may-coinmunicate' with the passengers. 1 The wall. back of the. drivers seat extends at: right.

way when not in use, as indicated in Figure 1.' The body. is providedwit-h suitable windows4 andis provided with a for-warden trance door? 5 hinged at 6. The door may be hinged to open toward. the front, or rearwardly as desired. r

C. In it is provided a seat 7 ,the controls and the usual taxi meter 8, etc. The wall angles tothe. body, Beginning at a point to the .rightoftheldrivefis seatis a forwardlyi' extending angularwall 10 which preferably; is made a rigid part of; fthebody structure" and-is provided with "a' win'd'owsor windows 11. r

Wall 1 0 provides triang ul'ar 'space the right of the drivers seat for.- operation of the gear shift lever,12,,andthe 'brake:13,

and for j access to the mete'r 8;--Y1-fidesired a suitable 'leverjarran'gem'enn connectedto Figure 2 is a side elevation of the cab con Thedrivers compartment is indicated the [door 5 may have its ol Jeratinghandle within the drivers compartmentso t-hatthe driver may readily open and close the door Suchdevices are oldin the art and do not'form any part of the present invention.

As the passengers'enter the cab theypass directly opposite the side of-the driver; As suming that window 11 is open they can readily give their directions before entering the cab. Upon entering. the cab a passenger may deposit his hand luggage in the triangular space to the right of the drivers compartment-or t several passengers are to be carried. the said space may be left clear so that a passenger occupying'the seat 3 may face forward comfortably. The passengers "cannot leavewithout the drivers attention being called thereto, not only visually, inasmuch as" theymust move to a point directly opposite to the driver, but because the exit door is also at the side'of thedriver and-the sound of its openingvvould be heardbyfthe driver? It Will further be "noted-that these.

advantages are obtained- -without changing the exterior appearance of the body-from j that usuallyemployed in privateflcarsi Having described our invention what We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows, it being understood that various modifications maybe made in the embodirnent shown in the drawings withoutfd parting fromthe spirit of the invention.

" 11A taxicab body having a top'and windows in thefsidesof the. body, a rear seat andfan entrance door in the front'of the body at the curbside thereof, a drivers compartment separated fromthe main body spaceof the, cab, said compartment having a rear transverse wall,- a drivefls'seat in front of said wall, and a vforwardlyinclined.wall

beginningat a point laterally of the seat near the entrance'door.

"and terminating in; the front of the body '2. In a taxicab body,a comp a rtn'ientv havin'gfa .rear seat, an auxiliary'fro1iuseat 7' f and a; drivets-cOmpartment, the tlrivers l compartmentbeing separatedfrom the.main if compartment by; apitransversely extending wall, and a Wall extending in an angle there body having A. taxicab .;from and terminating in the'front wallfofg the body, and an 'entrancedoor opposite said forwardly'jextending.wall; r f 7 p t am r separated by a transverse Wall extending part Way across the body and a forwardly inclined Wall extending from the first named Wall to the front of the body, an en trance door opposite said last named Wall,

and a passageway intermediate the door and said Wall and leading to the main compartment. i

In testimony whereof, We have signed our names to this specification ARTHUR P. SMITH. SAMUEL EICHEL. 

